“Revenge is the sweetest morsel to the mouth, that ever was cooked in hell.”
Walter Scott (1771–1832) Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet
The Heart of Midlothian', Ch. 30 (1818).
Source: The Heart of Mid-Lothian
“You know what they say - the sweetest word in the English language is revenge.”
Interview magazine, 1978.
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